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Words are Good
by Deb Schroder On a beautiful October Saturday, eight of us who teach in the Art Therapy Program gathered to share ideas, concerns and breakfast. I feel like I just...
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Safety, Fear, The Trunk, Wise Decisions and Moving Forward at Southwestern College
Why Putting Things In Boxes Doesn’t Make You a Wimp by Laura Bailey, Student at Southwestern College There’s nowhere in the world quite like Southwestern College; that’s just scientific fact....
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10 Reasons to Choose Southwestern College for Graduate School
Where Should You Go To Grad School for Counseling or Art Therapy? By Allegra Borghese, written during her first year as an Art Therapy/Counseling student 1. CLASSROOM SIZE. The number of...
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Seren Morris Reasons with Her Inner Critic
Seren Morris talks about puppet-making as an art therapy technique....
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No Black Crayons
by Deb Schroder As we prepare for the beginning of a new academic year, I take inventory of our art supplies and start compiling lists of what needs to be...
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A Window Into an Intern’s Experience, from Eliza Buck
Southwestern College, Santa Fe Notes from Cooper Riis by Eliza Buck 7-13-12 Sensing safety takes time. I’ve been at Cooper Riis for 13 weeks now and have just acquired a...
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1 commentsAn Art-Based Ritual
An Art-Based Ritual by Deb Schroder Artwork created by Magdalena Karlick A summer ritual in the art therapy program has begun again. We’ve started our annual “Portfolio Review” process which...
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A Mandala a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
by Eliza Combs Okay, so maybe not once a day, although that would be an awesome practice but at least once a week for 8 weeks or so. I loved...
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Sara Martin’s Virtual Art Show
Sara Martin Artist Statement One of the most important things I will take from my education and training in becoming an art therapist is that I can now confidently...
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Group Mandala
Termination Phase ~Group Mandala~ Betsy Sohmer & Camille Grec Presentation Project for Art Therapy Techniques, teacher: Seren Morris Intention: To create a space and activity for the group to experience...
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Capstone Creativity Continues
I just spent about an hour and a half playing a board game. At work, in my office. Believe me, I know I have a great job. One of our...
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Final Thoughts on Maras: An Intern’s Farewell to Peru
Final Thoughts: Maras By Sara WIlliams I cried after leaving Maras. It was something like a mixture of sadness and gratitude. Sadness because never again will I have the same...
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Southwestern College Student’s Capstone Project Presentation: Video
Jane Cunha does a lovely job discussing her art with her client for therapeutic purposes. Click here to view video. ...
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Scene Change: Shadow Boxes
This is another assignment for my History of Art Therapy: Current Trends class. Students were asked to bring in to class a medium sized box, recycled materials,...
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Transformation and Awakening at Southwestern College, by Amy Krok
It was a vision. On the rising from sleep one idle morning, the young 25-year-old girl experienced something out of this world; the girl saw clearly before her, her...
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Digital Art: Self Piece
In my section of Current Trends in Art Therapy, one of the first homework assignments was to create a self-piece collage with Polyvore.com. Here are some of the examples of...
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1 commentsFinal Mandala for Archetypal Psychology, Spring 2011
by Nicole Morgan, Copyright 2012 colored pencils and pen on paper For this project I pieced together several different images that came out of active imagination exercises. When I finished...
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1 commentsFamily Art Therapy
I took Family Art Therapy at SWC in the winter of 2012, and enjoyed reading the two texts on the topic. I suppose everyone has to swim in theory in...
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Compassion Fatigue – With a Southwestern Twist! by Colleen Dougherty
In August of 2011, I presented a 1 ½ hour talk on compassion fatigue in animal care work to about 35 people at the New Mexico State Humane Conference in...
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Grief During the Holiday
written January 3, 2012 We have just traversed the holiday season; a time for celebration and joy. It was a peaceful and happy time for me, but I also had...
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Art As Holiday Therapy
Little toddler fingers sticky with glue, reached into the container of sequins. Hello, bling! Shiny stars and hearts stuck well and the tiny artist was completely fascinated by his magical-looking...
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Overwhelmed By Art?
In the fall of 2011, I had the opportunity to present at the European Arts Therapies Conference in Italy. One of the keynote speakers for the conference was Graziella Magherini,...
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Mandala work
In a graduate school that has a large student body studying art therapy, it is no surpise that the mandala is used both in and outside the classroom. In Archetypal...
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Intentional Remembering of a Gentle Man by Deborah Schroder
It is “Day of the Dead” as I write this. Gifted by a strong Mexican community, Santa Fe has access to the traditions surrounding this holiday. With roots in ancient...